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Ecclesiastes
Wisdom and Poetic Books, 지혜 문헌과 시가서

ECCLESIASTES TRANSLATION SERIES (2): Vanity of vanities

This featured phrase “vanity of vanities” (הבל הבלים habel habalim) that Qohelet repeatedly cries out is considered to be a Hebrew expression of the superlative. But the expression normally comes with the definite article on the second word unlike the case in Ecclesiastes. So is it really superlative?

Ecclesiastes
Wisdom and Poetic Books, 지혜 문헌과 시가서

Ecclesiastes Translation Series (1): The Preacher, Ecclesiastes

The main character of the book of Ecclesiastes is known as “the preacher.” But the contents of the book does not correspond to what an ordinary preacher of a local church would say. The book is rather progressive and extreme than conservative.

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